NCC to phone companies: Avoid network congestion this season! :
Telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a directive that all telecoms operators should do all they can to ensure a hassle-free customer experience on their networks this yuletide season. Read more...
New fingerprint technology aids FBI war on terror :
It is just the beginning. As technology often moves into something more complex, Quick Capture, a new technology on the Go that was launched last year by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI), is just what the name says—a fast way to identify known or suspected terrorists, transnational criminals, and other persons of interest using fingerprint technologies. Read more...
Visafone CEO raises red flag over network congestion, says Nigeria GSM operators forget their customers :
CEO, Visafone Communications Limited, Thomas Ninan has disclosed that Nigerian GSM subscribers suffer quality of service issues because the big operators commit an inadequate portion of the revenue they yield from the nation’s mobile telephony market on network expansion. Read more...
COMPANY NEWS
Nigeria, Ghana grant landing rights to optical fibre link service, Main One:
In what is yet another boost to its efforts to digitally connect Africa with the rest of the world, Main One Cable Company has secured the pioneer landing licences from Nigeria and Ghana respectively. Read more...
INTERVIEWS
Following the fateful loss of Nigeria’s second satellite, NiGComSat 1, telecoms consultant and trainer, Titi Omo-Ettu, in this interview shares his view of the saga of NigComSat, the government-owned satellite service provider and allied issues
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From telecommunications backwaters to a regional hub: Tracking the role of the regulator in Nigeria’s telecom revolution:
That no modern economy can be sustained today without an integral telecommunications infrastructure is widely acknowledged. Robust telecommunications network is important for the economic growth of nations and constitutes a base infrastructure that supports the world economy. Read more...
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